Published 2 years ago

Illinois daycare worker contracts monkeypox, children exposed

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Employees and children at an Illinois daycare center are being screened for monkeypox after an employee tested positive for the disease, health officials said. The positive case at a daycare in Rantoul, Illinois, was the third case in Champaign County, prompting health care personnel to screen individuals at the facility who may have been exposed.

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The Independent

Children at Illinois day care may have been exposed to monkeypox, officials confirm

Officials said vaccines were being fast-tracked for any children that may have been exposed at the day care center

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Officials: Central Illinois day care worker has monkeypox

Health officials say a central Illinois day care worker has monkeypox but that it has not spread to others at the center. They say the worker at the unidentified day

2 years ago·United States

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abc News

Officials: Central Illinois day care worker has monkeypox

Health officials say a central Illinois day care worker has monkeypox but that it has not spread to others at the center

2 years ago·United States

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CNN

Illinois day-care worker tests positive for monkeypox, officials say, but no cases reported in children

An Illinois day-care worker has tested positive for monkeypox, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced Friday, but no other cases have been reported there.

2 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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The Washington Post

Children potentially exposed to monkeypox at Illinois day care, officials say

A person who works at a day care in Illinois has tested positive for monkeypox, potentially exposing children to the virus, state officials announced Friday.

2 years ago

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KRDO

Officials: Central Illinois day care worker has monkeypox

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Health officials say a central Illinois day care worker has monkeypox but that it has not spread to others at the center. They say the worker at the unidentified day care in the village of Rantoul is in isolation and doing well. Screening of children, other workers and their close contacts is underway. Julie Pryde, director of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, says officials hope there are no cases in children, …

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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